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  1. Probably the most memorable takeaway from the podium discussion on academic freedom on the #dgps2026 : Be prepared to resist from day 1!
    #fckafd #academicfreedom #DGPs2026 #dgps

  2. DATE: August 28, 2026 at 12:13PM
    SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

    TITLE: West Point's Only Climate Scientist Fired Over Teaching Human Causes

    URL: socialpsychology.org/client/re

    Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis

    The only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S. army's military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of climate change, a lawsuit claims. Adam Kalkstein, a geography professor at the New York institution, was terminated after the spring semester this year, six months after a tense meeting with Brigadier General Shane Reeves, then dean of West Point's academic board, the court filing...

    URL: socialpsychology.org/client/re

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #WestPointsClimateSci #ClimateChangeTeaching #HumanCauses #AcademicFreedom #MilitaryAcademy #AdamKalkstein #WestPointFired #ClimateEducation #EnvironmentNews #TheGuardian

  3. A former West Point professor says he was pushed out after teaching that humans contribute to climate change. Apparently even the atmosphere is expected to salute the preferred political narrative now. #AcademicFreedom

    Source: Spectrum News

  4. “While certain countries are cutting #research and turning their back on #academicfreedom, we’re doubling down on science,” #MélanieJoly, Canada’s #industryminister, told reporters at the announcement, in Vancouver, of the new #university hiring.
    #Canada #CanadaSky

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mu3qfaecoc2w

  5. « #ThornRunPartners officially started representing and advising the #AHA leadership in February 2025, about two weeks after leaders vetoed the first membership resolution condemning scholasticide in #Gaza. »

    Did the #AmericanHistoricalAssociation ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members?

    chronicle.com/article/a-schola
    archive.ph/85Hec
    #Palestine #PalestineStudies #UShigherEd #USpol #academicFreedom

  6. "We turn now to new revelations from a former Justice Department attorney who’s filed a whistleblower complaint claiming that the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of antisemitism on campus.

    Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in her complaint that the government’s probes into schools like Harvard, Brown and Columbia were, quote, “an unlawful process designed to achieve predetermined political goals.”

    Brown University settled for $50 million. Columbia settled for $200 million. Harvard refused to settle, and a judge threw out a case against the university.

    Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has launched a probe into the whistleblower allegations. He wrote in a statement, quote, “It has been apparent that its investigations have been structured deliberately to harass and intimidate rather than protect anyone from discrimination.”"

    democracynow.org/2026/8/21/ant

    #USA #Antisemitism #Zionism #Israel #Universities #Trump #AcademicFreedom #Trump #Columbia #Harvard #HigherEd

  7. Where were all these self-proclaimed champions of #AcademicFreedom when it was being undermined by the US administration (and still is)? Thought so.

  8. I felt very lazy working on a grant proposal, so in the spirit of structured procrastination, I have processed and written up my meticulous notes  on what to do, once you move your academic website to a new location.  A long list of redirects!  I hope that some who are also in this situation can benefit from it as a guide.

    https://wasowski.dukla.ch/posts/2605-hello-hugo/#redirect-the-internet-to-your-new-location

    #keep #academicchatter #academicfreedom #selfhosting #digitalsoverignty

  9. A DOJ whistleblower report reveals Trump
    administration campus probes had
    predetermined outcomes and violated free
    speech. Ignoring anti-Muslim bias, it highlights an alarming reality: a direct threat to democracy and the Constitution that allows obscurantist
    ideologies into universities by ignoring them.
    #AcademicFreedom #CivilRights #FreeSpeech
    #2k115

  10. “The U.S. side,” the statement continued, “should abandon the Cold War mentality & foster an open, fair, & non-discriminatory environment for educational, scientific, & people-to-people exchanges between China & the United States.”

    #Trump #law #education #racism #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #research #China

  11. …The #DOJ also is investigating whether #Harvard University is allowing #Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude #US students 🙄, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the #Trump admin has opened in its battle against the #university.

    A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy said in a statement that the country opposes what it described as the politicization of “normal #scientific, #educational, & #academic exchanges.”

    #Trump #law #education #racism #AcademicFreedom #research

  12. The release didn’t name the schools, but a #US official … said they include #Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [ #MIT ] & #JohnsHopkins University.

    …Sarah Spreitzer, VP at the American Council on #Education, which represents #college & #university presidents, raised concerns that the announcement suggests, without any evidence, that the #schools are engaged in wrongdoing.

    #Trump #law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #China

  13. If #schools don’t complete a review & terminate any arrangements deemed “problematic” in the next 2 weeks, they face losing #funding. The purported goal is to protect taxpayer-funded #research from theft & exploitation, the #Pentagon said.

    “The Department of War has zero tolerance for academic partnerships that compromise our national security,” Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, said in a news release.

    #Trump #law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #China

  14. #Trump doesn’t just love the uneducated, he hates the educated. Probably because their mere existence proves he’s a moron.

    #Pentagon orders audit of 30 #universities' partnerships with foreign institutions

    The #DoD has ordered 30 #US universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities & military training institutions as the Trump admin scrutinizes #China’s growing global influence.

    #law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #research
    apnews.com/article/pentagon-au

  15. #Tagesschau:
    "
    Trumps US-Regierung kassierte bereits im vergang. Jahr in einem rechtl. Streit mit der Eliteuniversität Harvard eine Niederlage. Nun scheitert sie erneut vor Gericht. Im Zentrum stand ein Antisemitismusvorwurf.
    "
    "Regierung versucht, politischen Einfluss zu nehmen"

    tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/

    14.8.2026

    Das ist schon mal gut!

    #AcademicFreedom #Erpessung #FabricatedAccusation #Faschismus #Fascism #Harvard #KonstruierterVorwurf #USA #Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit #Wissenschaftsfreiheit

  16. Update. "Judge Dismisses Federal #Antisemitism Case Against #Harvard."
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/13/us

    This is big for many reasons. One is that the #Trump admin has been using litigation about antisemitism to get leverage over unrelated university programs and funding. Another is that it has been aggressive and dishonest in construing criticism of #Israel, and support for #Palestinian rights, as antisemitism.

    #Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

  17. I’m sure it’ll be appealed, but it’s not nothing!

    Judge Dismisses Federal #Antisemitism Case Against #Harvard

    Judge Richard G. Stearns of the US District Court in Massachusetts granted Harvard’s motion to throw out the case, saying the antisemitic incidents cited in the administration’s March lawsuit were “too isolated and episodic” to show that Harvard is out of compliance with the law.

    #law #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #Trump #censorship #dictatorship #autocracy
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/13/us

  18. WTF?
    thehill.com/opinion/education/

    "An Ohio state senator [Jerry Cirino, #Republican] introduced a bill that gives state-created civics centers sweeping authority over curriculum and faculty appointments. These disputes illustrate a clear and present danger to academic freedom and institutional autonomy."

    #Academia #AcademicFreedom #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

  19. "In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
    "Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
    "Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

    Andrew Brown writes: michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-s

    #academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

  20. CW: USpol

    RE: assemblag.es/@inquiline/117040

    History of the Association of American Universities’ response to academic censorship during the Red Scare compared to its response to the White House’s “Compact.”

    #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #Censorship

  21. I used to attend a university for a diploma in computer engineering. After a few semesters, I decided to stop studying there. I needed to withdraw. However, what they call "student peers"—I am not sure what the term is in English—were being reductionist and maximalist regarding the official documents, stating that I had already agreed to and chosen the university and the study program in the online application form. This is not fair. I believe it is important to treat each person as an individual, as a whole person, rather than merely considering what I have done to prevent me from leaving. I wasn't there to fulfill their collectivist culture, believing I should prioritize the university's name and dignity at the cost of my own. At the moment, I want to take a break from writing this, as my mind is troubled by thoughts of my past, including the emotional abuse I experienced from the university staff. Unfair, right?

    #StudentRights #InstitutionalRigidity #FairTreatment #EducationalJustice #Individuality #MentalHealth #EmotionalAbuse #AcademicFreedom #StudentSupport #HigherEducation #UniversityPolicies #PersonalGrowth #RespectForIndividuals #EducationalReform #StudentWellbeing #MentalWellness #PersonalChoice #AcademicIntegrity #StudentVoice #FairPolicies

  22. Over 400 Signatories Express Outrage Over Silencing of Talks on Palestine on Indian Campuses

    Among the signatories are sociologists, political scientists, academicians, researchers, and journalists. They strongly condemned the 'appropriation of the Palestinian issue to fuel Islamophobia in India'.

    #GazaGenocide #FreeSpeech #IndianUniversities #gaza #palestine #israel #hamas #islamophobia #hindutva #censorship #AcademicFreedom #india

    thewire.in/rights/over-400-sig